I tried planking for 5 minutes every day for a month and it made my back feel great

Even though I still hated planks at the end, my core felt tighter after doing them for 30 days straight, and my back felt awesome, too.

I tried to plank for five minutes each day for a month and it was far from what I expected.

When I first began the challenge, it seemed like a slam-dunk since I didn’t need any equipment, I could plank at home, and I’ve always thought of myself as relatively in shape.

I very quickly learned that five minutes is an excruciating amount of time to hold plank position and that I have very little stamina and, apparently, a gigantic lack of willpower.

Read on to see how I fared during my 30 days of trying to plank for five minutes.

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For this challenge, I’d be doing standard forearm planks, which use one’s own body weight to strengthen their core, back, and legs.

But even though planks sound simple, they can be tricky — so I decided to consult with Chris Baron, the personal training director at my local LA Fitness, to learn about the correct form for this move.

Immediately he told me that my form was incorrect because my shoulders were “popping up.” This was easily fixed by pulling my shoulders forward and pushing my back up.